TW child abuse: Cardinal George Pell, AUS highest rank Catholic, to be charged with 3 sex assault charges, incl rape http://www.theage.com.au/national/cardinal-george-pell-set-to-be-charged-with-serious-sex-offences-20170628-gx0v8y.html …
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Good. Should have been charged long ago.
Yep. He can't be extradited from Vatican, where he went to hide, so him facing the charges will hinge on him voluntarily coming back.
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See also Bernard Law hiding in the Vatican from charges here in the US (Law covered up & enabled sexual assaults committed by other priests)
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Vatican does this all over. Way past time for this organisation to be held internationally accountable for harbouring sexual offenders.
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There's been suggestions in the US that the Catholic hierarchy should be charged under anti-organized-crime rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act …
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There's been an (unsuccessful) attempt to charge Church as a crime against humanity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/13/pope-crimes-humanity-victims-abuse …
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Good evidence-based paper on merits and complexities of this argument http://elibrary.law.psu.edu/fac_works/6/
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